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Q44742: New Command-Line Options in Qasm

Article: Q44742
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.01
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 26-JUN-1989

Quick Assembler recognizes the new ML-style options to be similar and
consistent with CL options. Qasm does not recognize old-style options
(MASM Version 5.10 and previous).

Like CL, if the /c switch is not specified, the linker is invoked
following a successful assembly. Unlike old-style Macro Assembler
options, Qasm switches are case sensitive.

The following are the switches which the Quick Assembler supports:

/a        Alphabetical segment order (was /A)
/c        Assemble only (new switch)
/D        Define symbol (was /Dsym[=value])
/Ez       Displays error lines on the screen (was /Z)
/FPi      Generate emulator calls (was /E)
/help     Print help listing (was /H)
/I        Include path (was /I)
/l        Generate a listing file with the default name (was /L)
/L[cr]    Specifies flags for the linker (new switch)
/Fefile   Names the output .EXE file (new switch)
/Flfile   Generate a listing file with specified name (new switch)
/Fofile   Name the output .OBJ file (new switch)
/M[uxl]   Controls case sensitivity (was /M[uxl]
/s        Sequential segment order (was /S)
/Sa       List all lines (was /La..implies listing is on)
/Sd       Create pass 1 listing (was /D) (implies listing is on)
/Se       Listing is editor oriented (new switch) (implies listing is on)
/Sn       Suppresses symbol table in list file (was /N)
          (implies listing is on)
/Sp       Listing is printer oriented (new switch)
          (implies listing is on)
/Sq       Generate line-number index in listing (new switch)
          (implies listing is on)
/Sx       Suppresses listing of false conditionals (was /X)
          (implies listing is on)
/t        Suppresses messages for successful assembly (was /T)
/v        Verbose messages  (was /V)
/W[012]   Warning level setting 0, 1, or 2 (was /W[012])
/Z[di]    Generate debug information (was /Z[di])

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